BANDUNG, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - From February 1927 the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers) has given impetus to the methodical evangelization of the natives of that part of the vicariate of Batavia which, detached from the latter and erected into a prefecture (1932), was elevated to a vicariate on 16 October 1941.
Area of the territory, included in the western part of Java: 24,449.25 sq. km.; population: 6,532,457 inhabitants, almost all Sundanese. Catholics (1948): 19,335 (18,250 Europeans; the others for the most part Javanese, the rest Chinese); catechumens 130. Missionary activity is carried on in 7 primary and 4 secondary stations by 20 priests of the Holy Cross and by 1 native priest, eight Brothers of St. Aloysius Gonzaga of Oudenbosch, 127 sisters.
There are 11 elementary schools with 3,731 pupils; 2 middle schools with 206 pupils and a higher school with 38 female pupils. Hospitals 2 with 295 beds and 4 orphanages with 272 children.
Contact with the Sundanese, fanatical Muslims, is difficult, given the very bad examples and the maltreatment they have suffered at the hands of the colonizers; the Javanese and Chinese element is more open to Catholic influence. From the boarding schools come recognized teachers, who also form the cells of future Christian families.
Bibliography5 worksAAS, 24 (1932), pp. 388-89; 34 (1942), pp. 185-186; De Katholieke Missie in Nederlands-Indië, Jaarboek 1939, pp. 145-65; Arch. Prop. Fide, P
BIBL.:AAS, 24 (1932), pp. 388-89; 34 (1942), pp. 185-186; De Katholieke Missie in Nederlands-Indië, Jaarboek 1939, pp. 145-65; Arch. Prop. Fide, Prospectus status missionis, posiz. n. prot. 4188/39, 1514/41, 4541/48; MC, pp. 30-31.
Monticone, Giuseppe. “Bandoeng, vicariato apostolico di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 783–784. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bandoeng-vicariato-apostolico-di.
MLA
Monticone, Giuseppe. “Bandoeng, vicariato apostolico di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 783–784. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bandoeng-vicariato-apostolico-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec2_bandoeng_vicariato_apostolico,
author = {Monticone, Giuseppe},
title = {Bandoeng, vicariato apostolico di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {783--784},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bandoeng-vicariato-apostolico-di}
}
One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.
Click or scroll to zoom · drag to pan · Esc to close
